Frontier Airlines was formed by a merger of Arizona Airways, Challenger Airlines, and Monarch Airlines on June
1, 1950, with headquarters at Stapleton Field in Denver, Colorado.

The new airline served 40 cities in the Rocky Mountain region with 12 DC3s. There were 400 employees. By
1979 the airline had 5100 employees and operated 35 Boeing 737-200 and 25 Convair
580 aircraft while serving 94 cities in 26 states, Canada and Mexico.

Seven short years later it was over! These images and memorabilia help tell the story of its short tragic life.

Frontier Airlines would die 40 years after it's beginnings with Monarch Airlines in 1946. Operations ceased on
August 24, 1986 and bankruptcy was filed 4 days later. Final bankruptcy proceedings
ended on May 31, 1990 - exactly 40 years after Frontier was formed from the merger of Monarch, Challenger
and Arizona airlines. The links, images and comments above tell part of the story of
the Frontier tragedy.

Click HERE for a farewell message from the
Frontier family of employees.

1946-1986
And so it ended and the Frontier Family scattered to the four winds.